Method and apparatus for pushing information

• US 10,250,702 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2016
• Issued: 04/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Bao, Song, Lin, Xingsheng, Feng, Zhiyong
• Primary Examiner(s): Jean, Frantz B
• Application Number:
  US15/224,056
• Publication Number:
  US 20160337460A1
• Time in Patent Office: 977 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0211 Combination with medical sensor, e.g. for measuring heart rate, temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/028 Communication between parent and child units via remote transmission means, e.g. satellite network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for pushing information are provided in an intelligent control technology field. In the method, the apparatus obtains a geographic position of at least one target user. The apparatus determines whether a positional relationship between a target user and a monitoring device satisfies a predetermined condition. If the predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition generates notification information according to monitoring information of the monitoring device; pushing the notification information to devices carried by all or some of the at least one target user. The present disclosure solves the problem of poor monitoring instantaneity and availability in the related art and informs the user of the monitoring information in a form of push notification timely, thus improving the monitoring instantaneity and availability.

Claims

1. A method for pushing information performed by a router, wherein the router is configured to be connected to a monitoring device, and the method comprises:

obtaining a geographic position of at least one target user who carries a device having a network connection with the router;

determining whether a positional relationship between the at least one target user and the monitoring device satisfies a predetermined condition;

when the predetermined condition is satisfied, determining that a current monitoring mode is a key monitoring mode, generating notification information according to monitoring information of the monitoring device;

pushing the generated notification information to a device pre-configured to receive the notification information; and

when the predetermined condition is not satisfied, determining that the current monitoring mode is a common monitoring mode, storing the monitoring information collected by the monitoring device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one target user comprises one first target user and a second target user, determining whether the positional relationship between the at least one target user and the monitoring device satisfies a predetermined condition comprises:

determining whether the geographic position of the first target user and the geographic position of a monitoring user are respectively within a monitoring area of the monitoring device, and whether the geographic position of the second target user is beyond the monitoring area of the monitoring device;

determining the positional relationship between the at least one target user and the monitoring device satisfies the predetermined condition, when the geographic position of the first target user is within the monitoring area and the geographic position of the second target user is not within the monitoring area.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining whether the positional relationship between the at least one target user and the monitoring device satisfies a predetermined condition comprises:

determining whether the geographic position of each of the at least one target user is within a monitoring area of the monitoring device;

determining the positional relationship between the at least one target user and the monitoring device satisfies the predetermined condition, when the geographic position of each of the at least one target user is not within the monitoring area.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining by the monitoring device the monitoring information, the monitoring information comprising information about environment state changes and/or information about user state changes;

wherein the information about environment state changes comprises at least one of;

temperature change information, humidity change information, air quality change information, water consumption change information, power consumption change information, gas consumption change information, on-off state information of a device, and operation information of a device; and

wherein the information about user state changes comprises at least one of;

body temperature change information, heart rate change information, blood pressure change information, and emotion change information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein generating notification information according to monitoring information of the monitoring device comprises:

determining whether the monitoring information satisfies a predetermined change condition;

collecting, by the monitoring device, video information if the monitoring information satisfies the predetermined change condition; and

generating the notification information in a form of video according to the video information.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein pushing the notification information to devices carried by all or some of the at least one target user comprises:

if the at least one target user comprises a monitored user and a monitoring user, pushing the notification information to a device carried by the monitoring user.

7. An apparatus for pushing information, wherein the apparatus is configured to be connected to a monitoring device, and comprises:

a processor;

a memory configured to store an instruction executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to;

obtain a geographic position of at least one target user who carries a device having a network connection with the apparatus;

determine whether a positional relationship between the at least one target user and the monitoring device satisfies a predetermined condition;

determining that a current monitoring mode is a key monitoring mode, generate notification information according to monitoring information of the monitoring device when the positional relationship satisfies the predetermined condition;

pushing the generated notification information to a device pre-configured to receive the notification information; and

when the predetermined condition is not satisfied, determining that the current monitoring mode is a common monitoring mode, storing the monitoring information collected by the monitoring device.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the at least one target user comprises one first target user and a second target user, the processor is configured to determine whether the positional relationship between the at least one target user and the monitoring device satisfies a predetermined condition by acts comprising:

determining whether the geographic position of the first target user and the geographic position of a monitoring user are within a monitoring area of the monitoring device respectively, and whether the geographic position of the second target user is beyond the monitoring area of the monitoring device; and

determining the positional relationship between the at least one target user and the monitoring device satisfies the predetermined condition, when the geographic position of the first target user is within the monitoring area and the geographic position of the second target user is not within the monitoring area.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the positional relationship between the at least one target user and a monitoring device satisfies a predetermined condition by acts comprising:

determining whether the geographic position of each of the at least one target user is within a monitoring area of the monitoring device; and

determining the positional relationship between the at least one target user and the monitoring device satisfies the predetermined condition, if the geographic position of each of the at least one target user is not within the monitoring area.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain by the monitoring device the monitoring information, the monitoring information comprising information about environment state changes and/or information about user state changes;

wherein, the information about environment state changes comprises at least one of;

temperature change information, humidity change information, air quality change information, water consumption change information, power consumption change information, gas consumption change information, on-off state information of a device, and operation information of a device; and

wherein the information about user state changes comprises at least one of;

body temperature change information, heart rate change information, blood pressure change information, and emotion change information.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to generate notification information according to monitoring information of the monitoring device by acts comprising:

determining whether the monitoring information satisfies a predetermined change condition;

collecting, by the monitoring device, video information if the monitoring information satisfies the predetermined change condition; and

generating the notification information in a form of video according to the video information.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to push the notification information to devices carried by all or some of the at least one target user by a step of:

if the at least one target user comprises a monitored user and a monitoring user, pushing the notification information to a device carried by the monitoring user.

13. A router configured to be connected to a monitoring device, and comprising:

circuitry configured to obtain a geographic position of at least one target user who carries a device having a network connection with the router through a wireless network connection;

circuitry configured to determine whether a positional relationship between the at least one target user and a monitoring device satisfies a predetermined condition;

circuitry configured to determine that a current monitoring mode is a key monitoring mode, generate notification information according to monitoring information of the monitoring device when the positional relationship between the target user and the monitoring device satisfies the predetermined condition; and

circuitry configured to push the generated notification information to a device pre-configured to receive the notification information, and determine that the current monitoring mode is a common monitoring mode, storing the monitoring information collected by the monitoring device when the predetermined condition is not satisfied,

wherein the monitoring information comprises following information related to the target user;

body temperature change information, heart rate change information, blood pressure change information, and emotion change information.

14. The router according to claim 13, wherein the at least one target user comprises one first target user and a second target user, and the router further comprises:

circuitry configured to determine whether the geographic position of the first target user and the geographic position of the monitoring user are within a monitoring area of the monitoring device respectively, and whether the geographic position of the second target user is beyond the monitoring area of the monitoring device; and

circuitry configured to determine the positional relationship between the at least one target user and the monitoring device satisfies the predetermined condition, when the geographic position of the first target user is within the monitoring area and the geographic position of the second target user is not within the monitoring area.

15. The router according to claim 13, further comprising:

circuitry configured to determining whether the geographic position of each of the at least one target user is within a monitoring area of the monitoring device; and

circuitry configured to determine the positional relationship between each of the at least one target user and the monitoring device satisfies the predetermined condition, when the geographic position of the target user is not within the monitoring area.

16. The router according to claim 13, further comprising:

circuitry configured to obtain by the monitoring device the monitoring information, the monitoring information comprising information about environment state changes and/or information about user state changes;

wherein the information about environment state changes comprises at least one of;

temperature change information, humidity change information, air quality change information, water consumption change information, power consumption change information, gas consumption change information, on-off state information of a device, and operation information of a device.

17. The router according to claim 13, further comprising:

circuitry configured to determine whether the monitoring information satisfies a predetermined change condition;

circuitry configured to collect video information if the monitoring information satisfies the predetermined change condition; and

circuitry configured to generate the notification information in a form of video according to the video information.

18. The router according to claim 13, further comprising:

circuitry configured to push the notification information to a device carried by the monitoring user if the at least one target user comprises a monitored user and a monitoring user.